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Dreaming Equality: Color, Race, and Racism in Urban Brazil
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by Robin E., Sheriff
Sales Rank: 866923
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Cover Type: Paperback with 280 pages
Published by: Rutgers University Press December 1, 2001
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0813530008
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0813530000
Book Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 1 pounds
From Library Journal
In this ethnography, Sheriff (anthropology, Florida International Univ.) challenges the decades-old claim that Brazil is relatively free of racial prejudice and functions as a democracia racial ("racial democracy") by looking at how discourse there constructs cultural understanding. To better appreciate how Brazilians talk about (or avoid talking about) color, race, and racism in everyday life, Sheriff moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she lived in a black shantytown for a year and a half, interviewing the residents, their white, middle-class neighbors, and urban black militants. After studying the narratives of residents who described themselves and others in color terms, she came to the conclusion that most Brazilians are very aware that racial discrimination exists in their society but help maintain the status quo by keeping silent. Skillfully dismembering the concept of democracia racial and all its paradoxes, Sheriff offers an innovative method for analyzing racism in any country or locale, not just Brazil. For academic libraries. Deborah Bigelow, Leonia P.L., NJ
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Vincent Crapanzano, distinguished professor of anthropology and comparative literature, CUNY Graduate Center
"A compassionate, intelligent, and gorgeously written study of racism in one of the world's poorest slums."
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